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February 06, 2009

Yikes! MO is Bored: First Mom out Looking for her own Turf

Mrs. First Mom is getting restless after two long weeks in that very boring white house, what with all of those ancient, out-of-style antiques, the fawning chefs and the wait staff, and the kids off to the very private school with grandma in the wings to watch over them…what to do, what to do: MO’s head is spinning and her feet are marching.

What if this woman showed up in your office? Gulp.

First, she showed up in the Department of Education, talking about how “we” are going to do this and going to do that; how “we” are so proud of you; how “we” are so happy to be here; like blahblah blahblah. Who’s the “we”, we ask?MO very quickly corrected herself, clarifying how “we” meant the administration, not her and Mr. First Dad.This does not sound good for the employees of the Department of Education.Gulp.

Next, she showed up at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.Here, she received a rousing welcome because, of course, “we” have a stimulus package “we” are pushing that will keep HUD’s employees’ wheels greased for a very long time.Oink Oink.

She also recently dined with Mrs. Sidekick Jill Biden and the Mayor of Washington D.C.; MO says, “we”, I mean she, plans on spending more time learning about DC than past “we’s” (or she’s…this is so confusing).

And of course, she showed up for the signing of the Lily Ledbetter Act, taking credit for something she and “we” had nothing to do with passing.

MO says she plans on visiting all of the different administrative agencies that Mr. First Dad now reigns over just to say “thank you” and to listen.She has a four person staff of her own advisors to assist her in learning how to say thank you to people who work for a government that she is not proud of (well, not until now; because of Mr. First Dad’s successes she’s starting to feel a tingle, just like Mr. Matthews did, right up the leg).Sounds like serious business to me. Yikes!

So…Malia and Sasha are off the main menu while MO is busy listening, thanking, and getting to know the federal bureaucracy.MO is no stay-at-home mom as far as we can see, and that, gulp, is scary.

Even more interesting, and possibly destructive, is the future of our younger generation, as the names people give their kids can mark them for life. Take a look at these possibilities. Double Yikes!

Hillary On Mumbai

“My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and families touched by these acts of terror in Mumbai. We still do not know the full measure of this tragedy, which has taken the lives of Indian citizens, Americans, and others who had traveled to Mumbai from around the world. Two New Yorkers, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and Rivka Holtzberg of Brooklyn are among those who have died, leaving behind their young son. The young couple had traveled from Brooklyn to manage a small Chabad house, welcoming Jews from India and elsewhere to learn, pray, and serve the community.
There could be no sharper a reminder, nor a more poignant call to action, than the brutal and heinous violence visited upon the Nariman House and the Holtzberg family, living and working in Mumbai on a mission of peace, scholarship, and spiritual guidance.
As those responsible are brought to justice, as we aid and support the victims and their families, as we work to defeat radical extremism and the terror it spawns, let us find strength in knowing that in the face of those who seek to take lives, there are those who seek to give hope and comfort. In the face of those who wish only to destroy, there are individuals like Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and Rivka Holtzberg who travel great distances far from their homes to build a better world.